1. What is most important to you in a frequent flyer program (FFP)?
upgrades, priority services, baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, lounge access, etc.
>>> Reply: Right now, probably good award redemption rates along with good award access.

2. How many miles do you usually fly each year? How many flights/sectors?
less than 25000 miles, 50000+ miles and 20-25 flights, etc.
>>> Reply: My guess is less than 25000 miles, maybe around 15-20 flights

3. What fare class do you usually buy?
first, business, premium economy, economy
>>> Reply: Economy

4. Are you able to choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
>>> Reply: Yes, able to able to choose airlines and class of service. Primarily fly for pleasure.

5. Which routes do you fly most often?
transatlantic, domestic USA, intra-Asia, etc.
>>> Reply: Right now mostly domestic USA. But some international as well. Bos-SFO round trips and BOS-Las Vegas about 1-2 times a year, maybe Boston to Vancouver approximately once a year. Maybe 1 or 2 flights per year from US<->Europe. So far I haven't traveled to Asia much but in the future maybe I will fly more US<->Asia, and also some within Europe.

6. What is your home airport?
>>> Reply: Boston. I'm not there often enough that it's a true "home airport" but maybe give it more weight than any other city.

7. Do you have status in any FFP? What is it? How miles do you have banked in each FFP, if any?
>>> Reply: No status anywhere now, less than 10K miles currently in American, Delta, and United.

8. What are your preferred airlines, if any?
>>> Reply:


Right now I book the majority of flights on less than 3 weeks notice, some like 2-7 days before the flight. I almost always buy an economy class seat. I am wondering if you think its worthwhile for someone like me who flies less than 25K miles to try to concentrate my flying on an alliance to try to get status (as opposed to just booking the cheapest or almost cheapest tickets)

My home airport should probably be considered BOS although since I'm not there full time, I'd probably weigh BOS less than you'd weigh most people's home airports.

Does it seem like it would be worth it to try to get status somewhere? If so, which alliance? I have a friend who has a bunch of AA and British Airways miles, but he can't travel for leisure too much these days so this should only be weighed as a tiebreaker if it's close between two different alliances.